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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Indigofera suffruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera suffruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Indigofera suffruticosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Indigofera suffruticosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Indigofera suffruticosa
COMMON NAME:
West Indian Indigo
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John B. Nelson jbn_8748071477_1b204e3636
May
Crimson to rust-red flowers grow in short, many-flowered racemes, per Indigofera suffruticosa, wild indigo FABACEAE - USDA FS (Francis).
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Ron Lance rwl2177_a
August
Stems ~ straight. Light green leaves w narrowly oblong, pubescent leaflets, per Indigofera suffruticosa, wild indigo FABACEAE - USDA FS (Francis).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Indigofera suffruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Indigofera suffruticosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Indigofera suffruticosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Indigofera suffruticosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Indigofera suffruticosa
2177
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, dry sandy woodlands, formerly commonly cultivated; in NC, SC, and GA, formerly locally established as a weed in the period of its cultivation, but perhaps no longer present, per Weakley's Flora
Native: south Florida & New World tropics
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-17 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Red
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers in short, many-flowered racemes
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
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